Building record 4079/1/3 - Pillbox by Mannings Lane

<1> CBA, 2002, Defence of Britain Project, S0000249 (Digital Archive). SCH4380.

Square type FW3/26 pillbox with 6in concrete roof supported on corner brick pillars, with internal anti ricochet walls and simple entrance (steps down into pillbox). Faces north-east. Traces of dark green camouflage paint on pillars. By M53 motorway, north-east of the City of Chester, by Mannings Lane. In City of Chester Defences.

<2> County Historic Environment Record, Site Visit/Watching Brief Observation Report Form, Winfield H, 06/05/2004 (Unpublished Document). SCH4357.

Located on field visit - part filled with water and surrounded by bushes.

<3> Various, Various, Oral communication to the HER, Edwards R, 19/12/2011 (Oral Communication). SCH2330.

This may not be a type 26 pillbox. It has a very low profile and seems to have open sides, rather than embrasures. It shares the low profile and open sided characteristics with five other similar structures located to the south and east of Chester.

<4> Osborne, M, 2008, Pillboxes of Britain and Ireland, p.176-180 (Book). SCH7504.

This structure has a marked similarity to type 6n, open topped pillboxes, known from RAF Woodford (CHER 4058/0/0), the coast north of Liverpool and Dover.